A third-year General Surgery resident at a public hospital in Querétaro, Mexico, Dr. Andrea Cárdenas González explains what draws her to reconstructive surgery, and how a SURGhub course on appendicitis gave structure to her practice on a box trainer.
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Dr. Andrea Cárdenas González is in her third year of General Surgery residency at Hospital General Querétaro, a public hospital in central Mexico. Her long-term aim is to train in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery. “Reconstruction goes far beyond aesthetics,” she says.
In this profile she explains how she fits SURGhub around residency, how the Appendicitis course gave structure to her practice on a low-cost box trainer, and why she believes online education does not have to remain on a screen.
The full story is published on SURGhub, the UN Global Surgery Learning Hub.